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It all depends upon how you read it.

Book of the Week

I think you will find this readable book most helpful.

Letters From a Stoic

By Seneca

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy focused on virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature. It emphasizes distinguishing between what is within our control and what is not, and cultivating wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance. By focusing on these virtues and accepting what we cannot change, Stoics aim to achieve happiness.

Movie of the Week

This film is very interesting, I just wished they had shown more of some of her actual interviews with people like Fidel Castro, Colonel Gaddafi, etc.

Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything

Streaming June 23 on Hulu

Please click on the link below to see the trailer

https://youtu.be/4u8UCNCDszM?si=4GMCvP_LoEe7qbg9

Music of the Week

Girl Watcher (1968)

By The O’Kaysions

This song is dedicated to Gene.

Why the dedication, let’s just say Gene’s wife wasn’t happy.

Please click on the link below to see the music video:

https://youtu.be/TGuNIS-n6Q8?si=zhFq-BcGQsCzYt1i

Extraordinary Person of the Week

People You Haven’t Yet Met

Art of the Week

Fourth of July Decorating

Joke of the Week

Physical Traits

Don’t wait until you get old to try and get rid of it.

Character Traits

Social Traits

On a more serious side, more than a few people care,

even if you can’t see that at the moment.

Learning Traits

You should write and speak

to express, not to impress.

Miscellaneous

To whoever it was in Australia, who bought an

Uncle Tony book.

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

The Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of

Schuler Books is located at the Gateway Center, 7260 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Twp., MI 48322.

Their phone number is (248) 956-1515.

And if you let me know

that you bought a copy of the Uncle Tony Book “from” Schuler Books, I will mail you a free copy of:

Also, the Uncle Tony Book can also be found on the shelves of the

Self Esteem Shop LLC

9568 Marine City Highway, Building A

Casco, MI 48064

Phone (248) 549-9900

The Uncle Tony book can also be found on the website of

Pages & Paws Bookshop

https://www.pagesandpawsbookshop.com/

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

Current Events

Staying Positive During A Heat Wave

Book of the Week

This is a fun and very quick read, that contains many helpful insights.

Really Important Stuff

My Cat Has Taught Me

By Cynthia L. Copeland

Movie of the Week

I enjoyed watching the first six of this ten episode Apple TV series. Episode 7 will be available on July 2. The show is about a washed-up professional golfer, who turns towards a rising young star in the game to turn things around for himself. I find Owen Wilson is good in whatever role he is playing. Mariana Treviño Ortiz, who plays the mother is a joy to watch.

Stick (June 2025)

Please click on the link below to see the trailer

https://youtu.be/UPayOdeUPfk?si=ghgtg6Usd33EWMGp

Music of the Week

Summer Time Blues (1958)

By Eddie Cochran

Please click on the link below to see the music video:

https://youtu.be/zdIqME_JLaU?si=4rrmi-pcpMR6UziT

Extraordinary Person of the Week

Don Quixote

Don Quixote does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story meant for the annals of all time.

Perhaps more of us should be

“tilting at windmills”

The above is a 1955 sketch by Pablo Picasso

of the Spanish literary hero and his sidekick, Sancho Panza.

Art of the Week

The Healer (1937)

By Réne Magritte

The Cloaked Figure:

The figure’s anonymity, enhanced by the cloak, invites interpretation while obscuring identity, a common Magrittean technique.

The Birdcage:

The birdcage, often a symbol of confinement or hidden truths, juxtaposed with the birds (symbols of freedom) creates a paradox, suggesting both restriction and potential for liberation.

Healing and Mystery:

The title “The Healer” suggests a focus on restoration or guidance, but the unsettling imagery hints at a deeper, perhaps more complex, exploration of the human condition.

Existential Ambiguity:

The painting can be interpreted as a meditation on the nature of healing, both physical and emotional, and the inherent mysteries of life and the human mind.

Summary

Magritte’s work often challenges viewers to question their perceptions of reality and the relationship between the visible and the invisible, and “The Healer” exemplifies this approach.